and robert kapp, the former president of the u.s.-china business council. he now advises businesses and nonprofit organizations dealing with china. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. flooen kine, do you first. how would you describe the human rights situation over the last few months in china. >> what we documented particularly since mid february of this year is a serious spike in repression in china. we have seen the chinese government security forces arresting, detaining and more alarmingly illegally, unlawfully disappearing dozens of human rights lawyers, civil society activists, bloggers, writers, and artists. and this is a serious concern because obviously these are the types of people who have been advocating for change in china, who have been advocating with their government for rule of law, for the chinese government to obey the laws in its own constitution and embodied in its own regulatory infrainfrastructure. >> woodruff: how does this compare with what we've seen in the past in china? >> of course, china... the chinese government has a